Norah Jones: Next Steps

Norah Jones refused to let herself be pigeonholed by her gorgeous hush of a debut. She diverts her country impulses into The Little Willies, who slap a contemporary sheen on classics like "Jolene". She expresses anger and hurt in the jagged rock guitars of "It's Gonna Be". And she finds a fellow tortured soul in R&B genius Ray Charles with "Here We Go Again".